Pembroke Sensory Space

08/19/2025

FREE Back to School Themed Make & Take
Create Visual Systems & Coping Toolboxes

Wednesday, September 24th,10am-11:30am
At: Community Autism Resources Office 40 Dean Street, Unit A, Taunton

Join The Arc of Bristol County Family Support Center in welcoming Shannon Sousa M.S., CCC-SLP, ATP and Director of Assistive Technology at CAR for an in-person, fun and interactive workshop on visual systems.

This small group clinic is designed to identify your or your loved one’s specific need, create a visual system to meet that need, and discuss how to implement the system.

Visual information has tremendous implications for behavioral support, self-regulation, communication, and educational programming for neurodivergent people of all ages! We’re also making coping toolboxes to help ourselves or our loved ones with coping, calming, and self-regulation.

Space is limited and registration is required.
REGISTER NOW at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=_X1pSCtxhUyv6xbMkfVVIDoCV92WBQtAlMqmJEEQWNFUMlBVNElLMElBRjVHRVUzTVZKVEpZVURNUS4u&route=shorturl

If you sign up, then plans change and you're no longer able to attend, please kindly email Heather [email protected] so that we can allow another guest in your place.

08/17/2025

06/13/2025

📢 🛑 Protect Disability Rights Now!

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a “direct final rule” that would eliminate a key protection under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act—the requirement that new buildings constructed or renovated with federal funds be accessible to people with disabilities.

🚫 DOE now calls this requirement “unnecessary” and “burdensome.” If this rule takes effect, it would:
•❌ Eliminate enforceable accessibility standards for new federally funded buildings
•❌ Allow renovations to proceed without ramps, elevators, accessible restrooms, and other basic accommodations
•❌ Undermine the civil rights of people with disabilities

🗓 This change is scheduled to become final on July 15, 2025—unless enough public comments are submitted by this Sunday, June 15.

📣 We urge you to speak out now. It only takes a few minutes to submit a comment, and your voice can help stop this rollback. ✍️

👉 Click both links below and leave a public comment on each (they can be identical):
🔗 https://buff.ly/ylnZSSL
🔗 https://buff.ly/rmUByRO

Feel free to copy and paste any of the comments below—or use them as inspiration to write your own message opposing the rule.

I strongly oppose this rule—removing accessibility standards is unacceptable and discriminatory.

I disapprove of DOE’s decision to eliminate Section 504 protections for new federally funded buildings.

I oppose this rollback—it threatens basic civil rights for people with disabilities.

I do not support this rule—accessibility must remain a requirement, not an option.

I strongly disapprove—this action undermines decades of progress toward inclusion and equity.

Let’s stand together to protect accessibility and civil rights for all.